Teen Counselling And Child Counselling

As your children grow up there are new situations that they have to learn to navigate
At times they will need additional help or support in some areas - Just like some extra tutoring to help in a subject or some extra coaching in a sport they love
Counselling is similar - Craig is all about listening, coaching, helping and encouraging children and teens to work through some tricky situations that they have not yet developed the skills for

Counselling helps teenagers deal with the emotions they are experiencing. By identify the situations, how they react and their own thinking patterns they can learn how to deal with these emotional situations

Counselling teaches them how to regulate their emotions by better thinking and coping skills

How Do You Know If Your Teen Needs Counselling?

hey maybe experiencing anxiety or depression.
They may have some social issues and not sure how to form new friendships
Are they doing reckless behaviour or self harming
Has your family just undergone a major event like a separation or loss of a loved one

If you suspect that your teen needs some extra help - These are are the common flags to watch for are:

  • Physical changes — Spending a lot more time sleeping and low energy
  • Emotional changes — You can see that something is bothering them but they refuse to talk about how they feel or what is happening
  • Social changes — A change in their friendship group or avoiding spending time with friends and cutting themselves off from them
  • School changes — Their grades start dropping and they are not doing homework or interested in school activities
  • Family changes— Withdrawing from family members who they were previously close to or had a close bond with

How To Get Your Child To Agree To Counselling

Getting a your child to participate in counselling can also be difficult as their privacy is something that they fiercely guard

Contact Craig and he can help you with some suggested ways to present how he can help them and totally keep anything that they say between them and him.
He has no judgement and is only there to help them to feel more confident and how to manage the situations around them that are concerning them.

Parents also benefit from being part of the counselling process after progress has started to be made with their child
We show the child skills that they will continue to use as they grow up and parents play an important role
as they do play a major part in a childs beliefs and attitudes
We can help with
  • Parenting strategies
  • Understanding the school  what is expected from students
  • Dealing with any challenging aspects of family life.